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The colour of our galaxy
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2012
We know a lot about our celestial neighbourhood. The galaxy in which our solar system resides has b…
Let’s go LEGO!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2012
From the earliest recoded traces of human culture, to copy something was considered the highest for…
Business or conservation?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jan 2012
Welcome one and all to this, your very own 2012! If we seem a little perky for what would ordinaril…
CFC replacements are greenhouse gases
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jan 2012
The Montreal Protocol – which came into force in 1989 – banned or phased out CFCs and HCFCs because…
These meme streets
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jan 2012
In this month's column, Russ Swan takes on the dubious world of pseudo-scientific advertising and i…
Biobank excitement
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jan 2012
At the tail end of last year – a time that tends to be fairly quiet in terms of news worthy events …
Is there any point in IQ tests?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Dec 2011
Just what is the point of an IQ test – should we bother with them and are they accurate? !--more--…
A wrong turn in Vienna
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Dec 2011
In his new column, Russ Swan cuts a swathe through pomp to find out what's what in science and R&D.…
Brainy Rudolph
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Dec 2011
Tis the season to be jolly – for many a time to wind down from the year’s pressures, a time to rela…
The mysteries of the Moon
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Dec 2011
The moon, it seems to me, has been somewhat hidden in plain sight over the past 40 years. Since the…
Green-eyed monster
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Nov 2011
A tinge of professional jealousy is something that most have experienced at some stage, but in the …
Nobel assembly bend the rules
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Nov 2011
Nobel Prizes are traditionally not awarded posthumously, so what happens when one of the laureates …
Congratulations UK Science!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2011
Here in the UK we have always enjoyed a fine reputation for our science – “and rightly so” pipes up…
Halloween Science
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Oct 2011
Halloween is fast approaching and we know exactly what’s on your mind – which is the best apple for…
Happy Birthday Prospero
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Oct 2011
In today’s hi-tech world, where new technology is out of date almost as soon as it hits the shelf, …
Happy 40th!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2011
Hello and welcome to the 40th anniversary edition of Laboratory News! I am pleased and indeed very …
Burrito birthday!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2011
As you will no doubt have noticed it is the 40th anniversary of Laboratory News, and this issue is …
Going social
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Sep 2011
After the Arab spring, and the recent English riots it is now clear to anyone who doubted it that w…
The butterfly effect
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Sep 2011
What do the English riots and the Sulzberger ice shelf in Antarctica have in common?
You're having a laugh?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2011
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